Abortion Deaths - F

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.

Women's Stories	Explore More by Time Frame	All Deaths by Name
"Clara F.," June 18, 1910 Age: 21 Self-induced with catheter "Ophilia F.," December 15, 1910 Unidentified midwife; outcome of case unknown to me Katherine Falesch May 4, 1921 Age: 37 Midwife implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Mary Faulkner August 20, 1880 Physician acquitted for reason not provided in sources Mary Francis Falls December 14, 1917 Age: 18 Physician acquitted for reason not provided in sources Mary Farwig, November 4, 1899 Age: 28 Sources unclear as to who perpetrator was Johanna Faulner June 29, 1906 Age: 40 Midwife arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Anna Fazio February 13, 1929 Age: 20 Midwife Marie Zwienczak convicted of homicide Mary Federowicz July 21, 1923 Age: 28 Possible lay abortionist arrested; outcome of case unknown to me Degna Felicelli, October 10, 1916 Age: 36 Two doctors cleared for reasons not indicated Antoinette Fennor March 7, 1875 Age: 20 Midwife charged; outcome of case unknown to me Frances Fergus March 31, 1914 Age: 24 Physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Isobel Ferguson April 14, 1932 Age: 21 Two different physicians suspected; outcome of case unknown to me Mildred Ferguson, February 25, 1948 Age: 23 Dr. William M. Lewis convicted of second-degree murder Emma Fertig December 17, 1914 Age: 24 Unidentified perpetrator Beatrice Fisher March 6, 1945 Age: 36 Dr. Frank Hart convicted of manslaughter Betty Fisher June 13, 1925 Age: 24 Two physicians implicated for reasons not indicated in source Erna Fisher March 10, 1988 Age: 18 Choked on vomit during abortion Dr. Dennis Miller made no attempts to resuscitate Elizabeth Fitzgerald December 9, 1881 Age 26 Physician charged; outcome of case unknown to me Bonnie Fix February 12, 1974 Age: 38 Hysterectomy abortion recommended for health reasons Fresno Community Hospital Post-op bowel and lung problems Sharon Floyd March 28, 1975 Age: 18 Infection after abortion at Associated Concern Elizabeth Foley November 8, 1879 First of two deaths linked to Dr. Franklin Brooks Outcome of case unknown to me Margaret Foley, November 25, 1924 Age: 20 Dr. Roger S. Parry committed suicide in his cell before trial Linda Fondren January 20, 1974 Age: 21 Dr. Mohammad Pourtabib, Pre-Birth Bleeding, surgery, spleen rupture; death Mary Foorman November 11, 1875 Age: 19 Dr. J. F. McIlwain convicted Christella Forte January 14, 1986 Age: 16 Risky saline abortion at New Centre Hospital Saline in blood stream; convulsions and death Janet Foster September 15, 1971 Age: 18 Dr. Richard Neal, Valley Doctors' Hospital Discharged with fetus rotting in her womb; collapsed and died from infection Neal tried for manslaughter; hung jury Jennie Fouts, May 24, 1879 Age 20 Unidentified perpetrator Adelaide Fowler July 27, 1920 Age: 38 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Glenna Jean Fox January 19, 1989 Age: 17 Bled to death after abortion by Dr. Morris Wortman Ruth Fox April 20, 1912 Age: 19 Pharmacy clerk and physician implicated; outcome of case unknown to me Edna Frederickson March 7, 1913 Age: 16 Unidentified perpetrator Ruth Fragale February 8, 1919 Age: 20 Self-induced with unspecified instruments Laura France September 6, 1989 Age: 33 Self-induced with air compressor Loren Franklin August, 1924 Age: 19 Third of six deaths linked to Dr. Charles C. Keester Outcome of case unknown to me Shellane Franklin August 23, 1927 Age: 27 Physician indicted; outcome of case unknown to me Margie Fraser October 13, 1936 Age: 18 Second of three deaths linked to surgical nurse Gertrude Pitkanen Case dismissed; possible corruption Dorothy Friedland April 26, 1921 Age: 25 Unidentified perpetrator Ruth Friedl August 21, 1929 Age: 27 Unverified self-induced by drinking ergot abortifacient Mary Fuller May 30, 1876 Age: 25 First of two deaths in one week linked to Dr. Sarah E. Sullivan Outcome of case unknown to me	* The Colonial Era The 19th Century The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s The 2010s	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O PQ R S T UV WXYZ Jane Roes